Ticket-case



-(No Model.)

G. O. PARTRIDGE.

TICKET CASE.

Patented Nov. '7; 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES o. PARTRIDGE, OF HYDEYPARK, MASSACHUSETTS.

TICKET-OAS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,046, dated November'7, 1893.

Application filed llltarch 11,1893.

To all whom it may concern/.- Be it known that I, CHARLES 0. PART-RIDGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hyde Park,Norfolk county, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ticket-Gases; and my preferred manner of carryingout the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exactdescription, terminating with claims particularly specifying thenovelty.

This invention relates to stationery, and more especially to that classthereof known as ticket cases which are adapted generally to be securedto the back of a railway car seat for the use of the occupant of theseat next in rear; and the object of the same is to produce an improveddevice of this character adapted to receive tickets of various sizes andwherein the spring is removable and is provided with a notch for theinsertion of the finger when it is desired to Withdraw the ticket.

To this end the invention consists in a ticket holder constructedsubstantially as hereinafter described and as illustrated in theaccompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a rear elevation ofa portion of the back of a railway car seat, showing one form of myimproved ticket holder in position thereon and containing a ticket. Fig.2 is an enlarged perspective view of this form of ticket holder with thespring thereof and the fastening screws slightly removed. Fig. 3 is acentral vertical section of this form of ticket holder with the parts inplace. Fig. 4: is an enlarged front elevation of another form of myimproved ticket holder. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section throughFig. 4:.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter B or B designates a baseplate or back which is preferably rectangular in shape, and E E are theraised edges and bottom secured to the face of said back plate as bywelding or brazing, or these edges could be the edges of the plateitself raised as by stamping or otherwise.

In Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen thatI sometimes cant the upper edge ofthe base plate a little forward at which time a narrow strip N may beinserted between such upper edge and the back of the railway car seat Ror Serial No. 465,496- (No model.)

other upright support to which the device is secured. In this event theupper ends 6 of the raised edges E will preferably be a little less deepthan the lower ends thereof so that the faces of the edges and bottomshall stand in a single plane. In Figs. 4 and 5 however the raised edgesare of the same thickness,

and the back or body B is simply a flat piece of' metal. Said back andedges thus form a rectangular receptacle open at its front and top, andits size is sufficient to receive the largest railway ticket which isgenerally in common use.

The spring S'or S may be of any of agreat variety of shapes so long asit embodies the following characteristics. I have shown one shape inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, and another shape in Figs. 4 and 5. In both instancesthe ends of the spring are secured by fastening screws F which passthrough the raised edges E or E near their upper ends, through the backBor B, and into the seat back, and thereby hold the parts together andfasten the device to the seat back. If desired, the raised edges neednot be fastened to the back except by these screws, and in that caseathird screw f might be passed through the center of the raised bottom(as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 4) and might extend either into theback B only, or completely through it and into the seat back R tofurther assist in securing the device in place. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 thespring S bends down between its ends so as to leave an opening or thumbnotch T above its center and of some considerable size as shown, andfrom the center of the spring depend preferably two small lips Z whosetips almost or quite touch the upper face of the raised lower edge andare borne by the spring normally against the face of the back B. InFigs. 4 and 5 the spring S is a straight horizontal strip secured at itsends by the fastening screws F and having a thumb notchtcut out of itsupper edge at its center, while the lip L is here of some considerablesize, preferably rectangular in contour, and depends from the lower edgeof the center of the spring with its bodybent to the rear so that itslower extremity shall bear normally against the front face of the backB.

In use the device is secured as above 'described to the back of arailway seat R or other suitable support and in convenient position forready access by the user. The railway ticket or other similar devicewhich is to be temporarily supported by this case may then be passedinto the open upper end of the case, down behind the spring until itstrikes the raised lower edge-such passage of the ticket bearing thefree end or ends of the lip or lips slightly forward and out of contactwith the back, and by their own resilience these lips then press theticket against the back and hold it against displacement from the case.The device is of such size as to readily receive the ordinary railwayticket whether of card or paper and whether of a single thickness orfolded, and even it only one section of a long ticket is inserted in thecase and the remainder of the ticket hang down outside of it, theoperation will be the same. Then it is desired to remove the ticket, thethumb is passed into the thumb notch and bears the ticket against theback, after which a slight upward movement will raise the ticket frombehind the lip and it can be removed with case. If the back B isinclined toward the user as seen in Fig. 3, the ticket will also beinclined considerably toward him and away from the seat back R above thecase, and it will then be possible to grasp the upper edge of the ticketto draw it from the case. When the back is flat the ticket willobviously stand close to or in contact with the seat back.

The whole can be of any suitable material, and finished in paint, japan,bronze, or nickel to suit the fancy of the manufacturer; andconsiderable change in and additions to the specific details ofconstruction may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

What is claimed as new is l. A ticket case comprising a rectangular backwith raised edges and bottom and open top, a spring secured at its endsto the face of said raised edges at their upper extremities extendingacross the case and having a thumb notch in its upper edge at the centerof its length, and a lip depending from said spring and borne therebynormally backward against the face of the back, substantially asdescribed.

2. A ticket case comprising a rectangular back, raised edges and bottom,a spring having a lip at its center normally bearing against the face ofsaid back, and screws passing through the ends of said spring, theraised edges, and the back, and into the support, as and for the purposeset forth.

3. A ticket case comprising a rectangular back, a narrow strip in rearthereof at its upper edge, a raised bottom at the lower edge of theback, raised edges extending upward from the ends of said bottom andnarrower in depth at their upper ends so that the faces of the edges andbottom shall standin a single plane, screws passing through the edges,back, and narrow strip into a support, and a, spring connected at itsends with said raised edges and with its center bearing normally againstthe face of the back, as and for the purpose set forth.

at. The herein described ticket case, the same comprising a back whoseface inclines to the front, raised bottom and edges whose faces stand ina single plane converging upward toward that of the face of the back,

screws passing through the upper ends of bends down at its center so asto form a thumb notch, and two lips depending fromthe center of saidspring to about the upper face of said bottom and bearing normallyagainst the front face of the back, as and for the purpose hereinbeforeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature on this the4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

CHARLES C. PARTRIDGE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. J ENNEY, EDWIN C. J ENNEY.

